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from the front garden. I would really love a cherry blossom tree. seen a young one for £40 locally.  Are they easy to look after? Also would love any suggestions on other easy to care for plants I could consider. Preferably wildlife friendly. Would just

algae. Another alternative is to create a second pond below the original and make it as informal and wildlife friendly as you like with at least one shallow sloping side for critters to get in and out and maybe a pebble "beach".  You could think about

chucked out into the garden when we had stared at their offspring!!I now run a gardening club at a secondary school, where the compost heap in the school garden is rotting away merrily. Whilst developing our wildlife education, we have discovered a simple

invertebrates as they get bigger.  You may find advice here http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/reptile-and-amphibian-forums/10066-feed-tadpoles.html Also here http://wildlife.blurtit.com/q401784.html Hopefully there are plants and rocks in your little pond

oxygen levels in the water so frogs and other wildlife can still breathe when the pond is frozen over. But there are so many plants to choose from, and - as Horticulture Week pointed out - to date many aquatic plant suppliers are still selling invasive

.  please can i ask that you think about our native wildlife, frogs, bees, birds badgers etc when treating wood?  we don't fully know the extent that the careless use of poducts has had on our species but we do realise now that we have to save them from

, although my fox that i feed has a good bowel movement [hard poo]and has good manners as he always poos in the same place,,,,i also worm him........... I have recently heard about cases of apparent poisoning of rats, cats and who knows what wildlife

by; composting the waste from the small animals; harvesting rain water to use in the garden; reusing donated plant pots, fencing and wire.- Making the garden a friendly and sustainable place for wildlife by installing; insect hotels; a small pond

- but should more groups of them appear - are they considered foe or ought they to be left to go forth and prosper?      I bet they are the larvae of something but don't suppose they'll be identifiable until they get bigger. Perhaps you could carefully cut off

I was deeply saddened to hear news that the gardening legend Geoffrey Smith died on Friday, aged 80. Geoffrey suffered a stroke last year, and after being in hospital for several months his family was hoping to care for him at home.Geoffrey was my